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Social structure predicts genital morphology in African mole-rats. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 BACKGROUND:African mole-rats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia) exhibit a wide range of social structures, from solitary to eusocial. We previously found a lack of sex differences in the external genitalia and morphology of the perineal muscles associated with the
Marianne L Seney +4 more
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Postnatal oogenesis leads to an exceptionally large ovarian reserve in naked mole-rats [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Female naked mole rats are long lived and show little or no decline in fertility over their lifespan. Here Brieño-Enríquez et al., demonstrate that naked mole-rats establish an exceptionally large ovarian reserve and undergo postnatal oogenesis.
Miguel Angel Brieño-Enríquez +14 more
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Plasma oxidative stress in reproduction of two eusocial African mole-rat species, the naked mole-rat and the Damaraland mole-rat [PDF]
Frontiers in Zoology, 2021 AbstractOne of the most prominent life-history trade-offs involves the cost of reproduction. Oxidative stress has been proposed to be involved in this trade-off and has been associated with reduced life span. There is currently an unclear relationship between oxidative cost and the reproduction-longevity trade-off. The current study, using a non-lethal
Paul Juan Jacobs +2 more
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Locomotor Activity and Body Temperature Patterns over a Temperature Gradient in the Highveld Mole-Rat (Cryptomys hottentotus pretoriae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 African mole-rats are strictly subterranean mammals that live in extensive burrow systems. High humidity levels in the burrows prevent mole-rats from thermoregulating using evaporative cooling.
Meghan Haupt +2 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 The social mole-rats of the family Bathyergidae show elaborate social organisation that may include division of labour between breeders and non-breeders as well as across non-breeders within their groups.
Markus Zöttl +6 more
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Macedonian Veterinary Review, 2022 Lesser mole-rats (Nannospalax leucodon) are members of the Rodentia order’s Spalacidae family, and they are found in Northeastern Africa, the Balkans, Southeastern Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Caucasia.
Amina Rizvanovic +3 more
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Gene losses may contribute to subterranean adaptations in naked mole-rat and blind mole-rat [PDF]
BMC Biology, 2021 AbstractThe naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber, NMRs) and the blind mole-rats (Spalax galili, BMRs) are representative subterranean rodents that evolved many extraordinary traits, including hypoxia tolerance, longevity and cancer resistance. Although a batch of candidate loci responsible for these intriguing traits have been uncovered by genomic ...
Zhizhong Zheng +4 more
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Theriologia Ukrainica, 2023 The Black Sea steppes and particularly the steppe–field area between the Velykyi Kuyalnyk and Southern Bug rivers, delineated from the north by the valley of the Kodyma River, are a natural arena for the existence of two species of mole rats, which still
Igor Nakonechny
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Comparative analysis of thyroid hormone systems in rodents with subterranean lifestyle
Scientific Reports, 2023 African mole-rats are subterranean rodents inhabiting underground burrows. This habitat entails risks of overheating, hypoxia, and scarce food availability.
Patricia Gerhardt +11 more
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Naked mole-rats lack cold sensitivity before and after nerve injury
Molecular Pain, 2020 Neuropathic pain is a chronic disease state resulting from injury to the nervous system. This type of pain often responds poorly to standard treatments and occasionally may get worse instead of better over time.
Sandra J Poulson +7 more
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